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No. 68,427. v Patented Nov. I, 1898.

H. B. SARGENT.

noon HOLDER.

(Application filed June 17, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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WW )M Attorney.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa HENRY B. SARGENT, OF NEW HAVEN,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SARGENT & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DOOR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,427, dated November1, 1898.

Application filed June 1'7, 1898. Serial No. 683,674. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. SARGENT,.Of the city and countyof NewHaven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Door-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part thereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents aside elevation of a door-holder embodying the invention; Fig. 2, asimilar view with the parts in altered position; Fig. 3, a reverse ofthe same with the spring omitted, and Fig. 4 a transverse sectional viewon lines 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In all figures similar numerals of reference represent like parts.

This invention relates to door-holders; and it consists in the novelconstruction described and claimed hereinafter in that particular classof holders adapted to hold a door in any desired position.

The object of the improvement is increased simplicity and economy inconstruction and efficiency in use.

In the drawings the part designated by the numeral 1 represents thelower portion of a door to which the holder is attached.

The holder consists, primarily, of three parts-the plate 2, attached tothe door by screws or other means through the screwholes 5, the lever3-, pivoted to the plate 2, and the coiled spring 4, connected to thelever 3 and plate 2.

The plate 2 may be of any desired outline, though shown here of generalsemicircular form. An inwardly-extending flange 6 on the periphery ofthe plate 2 forms, with the inner surface of the plate, a hollow space,as shown in Fig. 4, when the plate is secured to the door 1. At thelower edge of the plate is a substantially semicircular slot or opening7, and on the inner surface of the plate is a second inwardly-extendingor guide flange 8 concentric with the semicircular slot 7.

The lever 3 is formed hollow or semicylindrical, as shown at 20, brokenaway in Fig. 2, and is provided at one end with a rubber or othersuitable washer or cushion 9, secured thereto by rivet, screw, or othersuitable means. At about the middle of the length of the lever 3 is alateral lug or arbor 10, adapted to bear in and extend through thesemicircular slot 7. At the other end of the arbor 10 is formed integraltherewith or rigidly secured thereto a flat guide-disk 11. The plane ofthe guide-disk 11 extends parallel to the line of the lever 3, and thedisk is provided with a slot or groove 12, corresponding with andadapted to receive the guide-flange 8.

The spring 4 is connected at one end to a lateral projection 13 on theend of the plate 2 and at the other to the lever 3 at or near the pointof union of the lever and cushion 9. A slot 14 and cross-piece 15 areshown in Fig. 4, by means of which the end of the spring 4 may besecured to the lever. As the points of union between the spring 4 andlever 3 and plate 2, respectively, are on. opposite sides of the fulcrumof the lever and plate when the lever is turned in any position otherthan shown in Fig. 1 (Where a deadcenter is maintained) to such aposition as shown in Fig. 2 the spring tends to draw the end of thelever carrying the cushion toward the end of the plate having thelateral projection; but as the plate is affixed to the door the end ofthe lever, with the cushion,

is swung downward and comes in contact with the floor and by means offriction holds the door in a fixed position.

The parts of the device are readily assem bled. The guide-flange 8terminates at a point 16, so that the guide-disk 11, with the groove 12,may be passed on or off the rear of the plate 2 when the arbor 10isfitted into the slot or opening 7. The disk is turned so that groove 12engages the flange 8 and the spring secured to the lever and plate, whenthe whole device may be attached to the door.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is.

1. In a door-holder, the combination with a plate adapted to be affixedto the door having an inwardly-projecting flange, arranged on the arc ofa circle of a lever pivotally mounted on said plate; a spring connectedto said plate and lever on opposite sides of the fulcrum-point of saidlever, and a guide-disk lee rigidly connected to said lever on theopposite side of said plate having a groove for en= gageinent with theflange on said plate, substantially as described.

2. In a door-holder, the combination with a plate adapted to be affixedto the door, having a hollow space between it and the door when soaffixed of a lever pivotally mounted on the outer side of said plate; aspring secured to said plate and lever on opposite sides of the fulcrumof said lever; a guide-disk rig- 1o idly connected to said lever andlocated in the hollow space between said plate and door; and means bywhich said disk is held in engagement with said plate during theoperation of said device, substantially as described. In witness whereofI have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of June, A. D. 1898.

HENRY B. SARGENT. Witnesses:

NELLIE M. WEDMORE, WILLIAM S. OooKE.

